ROM 15:5 Parallel Verse View

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ULT Now may the God of patience and of encouragement grant you to think the same with each other according to Christ Jesus,

UST I pray that our patient and encouraging God will allow you to live harmoniously with each other the way the Messiah Jesus did.

BLB Now may the God of endurance and encouragement give you to be of the same mind with one another, according to Christ Jesus,

AICNT Now may the God of perseverance and encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus,

OEB And may God, the giver of this patience and this encouragement, grant you to be united in sympathy in Christ,

WEBBE Now the God of perseverance and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus,

WMBB Now the God of perseverance and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another according to Messiah Yeshua,

NET Now may the God of endurance and comfort give you unity with one another in accordance with Christ Jesus,

LSV And may the God of the endurance, and of the exhortation, give to you to have the same mind toward one another, according to Christ Jesus,

FBV May the God who gives patience and encouragement help you to be in full agreement among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus,

TCNT Now may the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to have the same mind toward one another, following the example of Christ Jesus,

T4T God is the one who enables us to be patient and encourages us. ◄Ask/Pray to► him that he would enable you all to live harmoniously with each other, doing as Christ Jesus did.

LEB Now may the God of patient endurance and of encouragement grant you _⌊to be in agreement_⌋[fn] with one another, in accordance with Christ Jesus,

15:5 Literally “to think the same”

BBE Now may the God who gives comfort and strength in waiting make you of the same mind with one another in harmony with Christ Jesus:

Moff May the God who inspires stedfastness and encouragement grant you such harmony with one another, after Christ Jesus,

Wymth And may God, the giver of power of endurance and of that encouragement, grant you to be in full sympathy with one another in accordance with the example of Christ Jesus,

ASV Now the God of patience and of comfort grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Christ Jesus:

DRA Now the God of patience and of comfort grant you to be of one mind one towards another, according to Jesus Christ:

YLT And may the God of the endurance, and of the exhortation, give to you to have the same mind toward one another, according to Christ Jesus;

Drby Now the [fn]God of endurance and of encouragement give to you to be like-minded one toward another, according to Christ Jesus;

15.5 Elohim

RV Now the God of patience and of comfort grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Christ Jesus:

SLT And may the God of patience and his consolation give you to mind the same in one another according to Christ Jesus:

Wbstr Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be like-minded one towards another according to Christ Jesus:

KJB-1769 Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:

KJB-1611 [fn]Now the God of patience and consolation graunt you to be like minded one towards another, according to Christ Iesus:
(Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be like minded one towards another, according to Christ Yesus/Yeshua:)

15:5 Or, after the example of.

Bshps The God of pacience and consolation, graunt you to be lyke mynded one towardes another, after the ensample of Christe Iesu:
(The God of patience and consolation, grant you to be like minded one towards another, after the ensample/example of Christ Yesu:)

Gnva Now the God of patience and consolation giue you that ye be like minded one towards another, according to Christ Iesus,
(Now the God of patience and consolation give you that ye/you_all be like minded one towards another, according to Christ Yesus/Yeshua, )

Cvdl The God of pacience and consolacion graunte you to be like mynded one towarde another, acordinge vnto Iesu Christ,
(The God of patience and consolation grant you to be like minded one toward another, according unto Yesu Christ,)

TNT The God of pacience and consolacion geve vnto every one of you that ye be lyke mynded one towardes another after the insample of Christ:
(The God of patience and consolation give unto every one of you that ye/you_all be like minded one towards another after the insample of Christ: )

Wycl But God of pacience and of solace yyue to you to vndurstonde the same thing, ech in to othere aftir Jhesu Crist,
(But God of patience and of solace give to you to understood the same thing, each in to other after Yhesu Christ,)

Luth GOtt aber der Geduld und des Trostes gebe euch, daß ihr einerlei gesinnet seid untereinander nach JEsu Christo,
(God but the/of_the Geduld and the consolation/comfortes give you, that you(pl)/their/her no_matter minded are each_other after Yesu Christo,)

ClVg Deus autem patientiæ et solatii det vobis idipsum sapere in alterutrum secundum Jesum Christum:[fn]
(God however patience and alonetii give to_you(pl) idipsum to_be_wise in/into/on either/or after/second Yesus Christ/Messiah: )

15.5 Idipsum sapere. Quasi dicat: Nisi idem sapiatis, Deum honorare non poteritis.

15.5 Idipsum to_be_wise. As_if let_him_say: Unless the_same sapiatis, God to_honour not/no will_be_ableis.

UGNT ὁ δὲ Θεὸς τῆς ὑπομονῆς καὶ τῆς παρακλήσεως, δῴη ὑμῖν τὸ αὐτὸ φρονεῖν ἐν ἀλλήλοις κατὰ Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν,
(ho de Theos taʸs hupomonaʸs kai taʸs paraklaʸseōs, dōaʸ humin to auto fronein en allaʸlois kata Ⱪriston Yaʸsoun,)

SBL-GNT ὁ δὲ θεὸς τῆς ὑπομονῆς καὶ τῆς παρακλήσεως δῴη ὑμῖν τὸ αὐτὸ φρονεῖν ἐν ἀλλήλοις κατὰ ⸂Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν⸃,
(ho de theos taʸs hupomonaʸs kai taʸs paraklaʸseōs dōaʸ humin to auto fronein en allaʸlois kata ⸂Ⱪriston Yaʸsoun⸃,)

RP-GNT Ὁ δὲ θεὸς τῆς ὑπομονῆς καὶ τῆς παρακλήσεως δῴη ὑμῖν τὸ αὐτὸ φρονεῖν ἐν ἀλλήλοις κατὰ χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν·
(Ho de theos taʸs hupomonaʸs kai taʸs paraklaʸseōs dōaʸ humin to auto fronein en allaʸlois kata ⱪriston Yaʸsoun;)

TC-GNT Ὁ δὲ Θεὸς τῆς ὑπομονῆς καὶ τῆς παρακλήσεως δῴη ὑμῖν τὸ αὐτὸ φρονεῖν ἐν ἀλλήλοις κατὰ Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν·
(Ho de Theos taʸs hupomonaʸs kai taʸs paraklaʸseōs dōaʸ humin to auto fronein en allaʸlois kata Ⱪriston Yaʸsoun; )

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 15:1–13: Believers should help one another

In this section, Paul said that believers who are strong, as he defined “strong” in 14:1–9, should help believers who are weak (also as in 14:1–9). The strong are to encourage the weak, with the result that all may have hope in God.

Paul prayed that God would help the believers, strong and weak, to live in unity and glorify God.

Paul urged the believers to always welcome one another, because doing that glorifies God. Jesus served the Jews to show that God’s word was true and confirm his promises, which in turn encourages the non-Jews to glorify God for his mercy to them.

Then Paul prayed that God would fill them with joy and peace in their faith, with the result that the Holy Spirit would fill them with hope.

Here are other possible headings for this section:

Carry weak believers, encourage them and accept them

Help believers who are not strong

15:5a

Now may the God who gives endurance and encouragement grant you

¶ I pray to God, the one who enables us to endure troubles and who encourages us. I pray that he will give to you the ability/power
¶ God is the one who gives us the power to stand strong and causes us to be encouraged. I ask him to cause/enable you

may…God…grant you: Here Paul prayed that God might enable the believers in Rome to live in unity. Here are other ways to translate these words:

May…God…give to you

I now ask…God…to give to you

I am praying that…God…will cause you

grant you: Here the word you refers to the person receiving what is given. It does not refer to the thing given. For example:

grant to you

grant: The Greek word here is usually translated “give.” The word grant has that meaning here.

the God who gives endurance and encouragement: This phrase indicates that God is the source of endurance and encouragement for believers. It connects to “endurance” and “encouragement” in 15:4 but here refers generally to any kind of endurance and encouragement. Here are other ways to translate this phrase:

the God of endurance and encouragement (ESV)

God, the source of all perseverance and all encouragement (REB)

This description of God occurs in the middle of Paul asking him to do something. In some languages it is more natural to separate those two things. For example:

God is the one who makes us patiently endure and encouraged. I pray that he will…

The ability to endure troubles and the ability to be encouraged come from God. And I pray that he will…

15:5b

harmony with one another

to be of the same mind/thinking among each other,
to be united with one another,

harmony with one another: The Greek is more literally “to think the same thing among one another.” Here it refers to living in unity and thinking that other believers are good people. Paul wrote about differences of opinion in chapter 14 that were causing problems among the believers. Here he implied that those differences were not important compared to serving God with one purpose, helping and encouraging each other. Here are other ways to translate this clause:

to be of the same mind with one another (NASB)

the same attitude of mind toward each other (NIV11)

unity with one another (NET)

one another: This refers to all the believers in Rome. Your translation should not limit it to the “strong” group or the “weak” group.

15:5c

in Christ Jesus,

according to the will of Christ/Messiah Jesus.
as Jesus, the one/person whom God appointed to save/rescue people, wants you to.

in Christ Jesus: This phrase indicates that Jesus wants believers to live in unity. What Paul said in 15:5b agrees with that. Here are other ways to translate this phrase:

according to Christ Jesus (NASB)

the way Christ Jesus wants (NCV)

Christ Jesus: The order of the words Christ Jesus emphasizes that Jesus is the Christ/Messiah. However, in some languages the order Christ Jesus is not natural. See how you translated this phrase in 8:34.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

ὁ & Θεὸς τῆς ὑπομονῆς καὶ τῆς παρακλήσεως

the & (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὁ Δέ Θεός τῆς ὑπομονῆς καί τῆς παρακλήσεως δῴη ὑμῖν τό αὐτό φρονεῖν ἐν ἀλλήλοις κατά Χριστόν Ἰησοῦν)

Paul is using the possessive form to describe God as being characterized by patience and encouragement. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: [the God who is characterized by patience and encouragement]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τῆς ὑπομονῆς & τῆς παρακλήσεως

¬the ˱of˲_endurance & ¬the exhortation

See how you translated patience and encouragement in the previous verse.

τὸ αὐτὸ φρονεῖν ἐν ἀλλήλοις

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὁ Δέ Θεός τῆς ὑπομονῆς καί τῆς παρακλήσεως δῴη ὑμῖν τό αὐτό φρονεῖν ἐν ἀλλήλοις κατά Χριστόν Ἰησοῦν)

Alternate translation: [to agree with each other]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

κατὰ Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν

This could refer to: (1) the example of Christ. Alternate translation: [according to the example of Christ Jesus] (2) the will of Christ. Alternate translation: [according to the will of Christ Jesus] (3) both the example and will of Christ. Alternate translation: [according to Christ Jesus’ will and example]

Parallel ROM 15:5

Section 15:1–13: Believers should help one another

15:5a

15:5b

15:5c